Todd Solomon
04-22-2020, 3:36 PM
Hi all,
I hit the pause button on woodworking 7 years ago when I got into auto racing. Between needing a place for my cars and not having enough time to woodwork, I sold my big dream machines. Back in the day, I had a Felder sliding table saw, Felder jointer-planer and MM16 bandsaw, among some other nice stationary equipment. I also downsized from a three to a two car garage, so the big tools had to go!
Fast forward to today, I'm about ready to move into a home with a three car garage. I no longer race competitively, but I do go to track days with my Viper ACR a few times a year. And my three kids are growing up and want to do woodworking projects with me. Time to get back into the hobby!
I see Jim Becker is still here and active!
This time around, I'm going a little smaller and less expensive. I kept my nice hand planes, chisels, and Festools. I'm about to spring for a few machines, likely a DeWalt DWE7491RS table saw, DeWalt 735 planer (had one years ago and loved it), Grizzly G0490X 8" jointer with spiral head, and looking hard at the Delta 50-767T2 dust collector. I'll also get a trusty Forrest WWII thin-kerf and some sort of miter gage, Kreg KMS7102 is what I'm thinking of. Everything's got to be on wheels and reasonably small footprint when not in use. The exception is the jointer, can't see going smaller than 8". Feel free to comment on that list, as I welcome suggestions :D.
Anyhow, just wanted to say hi and see how things are here at the Creek!
Todd
I hit the pause button on woodworking 7 years ago when I got into auto racing. Between needing a place for my cars and not having enough time to woodwork, I sold my big dream machines. Back in the day, I had a Felder sliding table saw, Felder jointer-planer and MM16 bandsaw, among some other nice stationary equipment. I also downsized from a three to a two car garage, so the big tools had to go!
Fast forward to today, I'm about ready to move into a home with a three car garage. I no longer race competitively, but I do go to track days with my Viper ACR a few times a year. And my three kids are growing up and want to do woodworking projects with me. Time to get back into the hobby!
I see Jim Becker is still here and active!
This time around, I'm going a little smaller and less expensive. I kept my nice hand planes, chisels, and Festools. I'm about to spring for a few machines, likely a DeWalt DWE7491RS table saw, DeWalt 735 planer (had one years ago and loved it), Grizzly G0490X 8" jointer with spiral head, and looking hard at the Delta 50-767T2 dust collector. I'll also get a trusty Forrest WWII thin-kerf and some sort of miter gage, Kreg KMS7102 is what I'm thinking of. Everything's got to be on wheels and reasonably small footprint when not in use. The exception is the jointer, can't see going smaller than 8". Feel free to comment on that list, as I welcome suggestions :D.
Anyhow, just wanted to say hi and see how things are here at the Creek!
Todd